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Thanks for stopping by my website. I hope you find something of interest here. I offer some ideas, a little poetry, some Green tips, ideas to think about, links to websites I have found personally helpful, and whatever else may come along in the future. I intend to add new items every month or two, so please check back often. If you like, email me at JOD.Books@gmail.com and I’ll put you on my list to alert you when there’s something new. Or subscribe to my Blog and you can read about updates there.

THIS WEBSITE WAS UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL ON 10/23/15. NEXT UPDATE WILL BE IN ABOUT 6 WEEKS. MEANWHILE, PLEASE READ MY DAILY BLOG AND LEAVE SOME COMMENTS OF YOUR OWN.

NEWS:

1) My e-book Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget has moved in rank from #28 to #13in the category of Non Fiction, Reference and Language, Consumer Guides on Kobo Books.

2) Do you know what happened when God sneezed? Find out in my book God Sneezed. (click on the “MY BOOKS” page of this website to see where you can find this and all of my books.)

INTRODUCING….THE BRIDE AND GROOM, mR. AND mRS. bRIAN AND cYNTHIA O’DONNELL. on Sept. 5 we congratulated our son and welcomed our new daughter into the family.

sO now our little family is pleased to be part of a much larger family.

Visit These Pages

About Me: Let me introduce myself and give you a flavor of who it is who lives inside me.

Poetry Page: I offer my viewpoint in poetry and verse, some serious, some silly. Topics are far-ranging: lessons from nature; relationships; tributes to people I’ve known; religious themes; injustices in the world. Occasionally you can read a bit of fluff describing a new mother’s reactions to her son’s first year of life.

My Books: Read about my books and where you can find them (bookstores, websites, e-book sites). See if there’s anything new or on the way (like my poetry collection).

Adept-Able Living: Tidbits for people living with disabilities themselves or in their families.

Links: These will take you to my Small Things Count! site so you can follow what’s happening with that book (and order copies if you’ve a mind to). It will also lead you to sites that provide useful services or that I found interesting and tell you how to contact me.

Quiz-icals: For fun and maybe learning something. Take a short quiz on any of a variety of topics. You might even want to get your spouse or a friend (or enemy…) to take it, too.

NAVIGATION TIP: IF YOU WANT WORDS IN THIS SITE TO APPEAR LARGER, SIMPLY HOLD DOWN “CTRL” AND “ALT” WHILE YOU SCROLL UP USING YOUR MOUSE.

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I post something new usually Monday through Saturday, with two days for special topics. Click on the home page of my website — http://www.smthingscount.com — then on the BLOG page for details. (Nothing tomorrow, though, as I’ll be out of town and away from computers.)

(the modern way to publish),too. Read descriptions of them on this website, on the “Book Previews” page. (I have a special for my readers…Look for and use the code number on the description of the ebook you’d like.) I also have a poem on the Poetry page of this site, and I change it to a new one about every six weeks.

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Hi, Stevie–Yes, it does take a lot of work. I keep a list of ideas as I come up with them from the news or something I’ve read or heard, or something that I experience that I appreciate or feel isn’t right. I have to, because I do a blog posting 6 days a week. You may want to start out smaller. A large consumer-of-time is going through Comments each day to get rid of the mass of spam. If you’re truly interested in talking about setting up and doing a blog, contact me (see my LINKS page).

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If you put it online, be prepared to have it pop up…wherever. It goes with the territory. My poems carry the copyright symbol, but I know they’re passed on. As far as anything I use from someone else (in my blog or, sometimes, on my Adept-Able Living page), I always give credit. It’s the right thing to do.

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